abandoning

I've been working on this novel for a while, and I've started feeling like I need to do something else. It's not that I've run out of ideas for this novel - far from it. I've still got loads to say. It's just like I'm bored of writing it maybe, and while I'm writing there's the constant buzz of a new plot I've been thinking about for a while. This plot idea is like a mosquito while I'm trying to write - impossible to catch and kill, but really distracting.

I don't know what to do. If I just "take a break" from the novel, say I'm going to go back to it later, I'm afraid it will just join the pile of great ideas that fizzled out and died.

I would recommend taking a break from it, just don't ever give up on it. Until you start working on the other idea you won't be able to write the one you have been working on. Give the new idea a shot. When in doubt, you can always return to the book you have been working on for a while.

I've been working on this novel for a while, and I've started feeling like I need to do something else. It's not that I've run out of ideas for this novel - far from it. I've still got loads to say. It's just like I'm bored of writing it maybe, and while I'm writing there's the constant buzz of a new plot I've been thinking about for a while. This plot idea is like a mosquito while I'm trying to write - impossible to catch and kill, but really distracting.

I don't know what to do. If I just "take a break" from the novel, say I'm going to go back to it later, I'm afraid it will just join the pile of great ideas that fizzled out and died.

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Only you can answer this question, Luna. You're the one who knows why you write. You're certainly the only one who knows which story in you is most important to get out first.

Take a break, but come back to it. I've been in your boat before (and still in it), but I wasn't as disciplined as I'd hoped. I have a .doc library full of unfinished projects, and it's actually a little embarrassing seeing my lack of discipline laid out in a neat little list every time I open the folder. Don't fall into the habit of giving up your stories easily. If the break doesn't work, and you're still feeling uninspired maybe it's a sign to move onto greener pastures, but only after you've given it a good go.

Someone said this before, but seriously if it bores you, it will bore everyone else.
seriously, if you find it boring, imagine how people will think of it as boring. drop it. write something else, that you don't think is boring

Put it on a back burner. Look to other projects and maybe reapproach it later. I did this with one of my own pieces, and in all honesty, it really helped. The Traveller is spectacular, better for the aging. Great now it sounds like I am trying to promote choice spirits, cured meats, and cheese...:redface: